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royal standard (2)
Larkhill Road
The Royal Standard was built in the mid-1950's to serve the Larkhill Road area where much post-war housing was being developed. In that sense it is a typical architecturally uninspired 'estate' pub of the period, red brick under a tiled roof in much the same vein as the Green Dragon, Milford Inn and the Sun Inn. Like these others, the Royal Standard was getting a little 'tired' and has an almost exclusively local clientele, however with the 2016 makeover (and decent ales) the 'new-look' Royal Standard is well worth a visit - check out the Gallery. It now features regularly in our Gentlemen's Liquid Refreshment Perambulations of Western Yeovil.
This Royal Standard was built after the first Royal Standard in Wellington Street was demolished to make way for the Wellington flats development. The license was transferred from the old to the new public house and the licensee of the former house, H Walker, became the licensee of the new house.
gallery
Photographed in 1960 by Charrington & Co Ltd's surveyors as part of a 'stocktaking' exercise of photographing Brutton's pubs prior to the brewery takeover.
Courtesy of
Chris Rendell
The Royal Standard photographed in 1989.
The Royal Standard looking a little tired when photographed in 2009.
The Royal Standard with a new seating area to the front. Photographed in 2016.
A close-up view of the new seating area. Photographed in 2016.
The new bar, photographed in 2016.
licensees
1957 – H Walker
(1957 Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Royal
Standard
1960 – H Walker
(1960 Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Royal
Standard
1964 – Ronald
Harry C Hunnybun
(Foord's 1964
Directory)
listed as Royal
Standard Inn
1965 – Licensee
not named (1965
Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Royal
Standard
1974 – Frank LW
Wakeling
(Kelly's 1974
Directoy) listed
as Royal
Standard PH
1987 – Licensee
not named
(Denton’s 1987
Directory)
listed as Royal
Standard
